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What is meant by “alternation of generations”? What two generations are involved? How does each reproduce?
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Ch. 22 - In an alternation of generations life cycle,...Ch. 22 - Prob. 2MCCh. 22 - Prob. 3MCCh. 22 - 4. In which of the following is the gametophyte...Ch. 22 - Prob. 5MCCh. 22 - 1. Scientists hypothesize that the ancestors of...Ch. 22 - Plant adaptations to life on land include a(n)...Ch. 22 - 3. Seedless vascular plants must reproduce when...Ch. 22 - 4. Three groups of nonvascular plants are _______,...Ch. 22 - 1. What is meant by “alternation of generations”?...
Ch. 22 - 2. Explain the evolutionary changes in plant...Ch. 22 - Describe evolutionary trends in the life cycles of...Ch. 22 - Prob. 4RQCh. 22 - List the structural adaptations necessary for the...Ch. 22 - The number of species of flowering plants is...Ch. 22 - List the adaptations of gymnosperms that have...Ch. 22 - What is a pollen grain? What role has it played in...Ch. 22 - The majority of all plants are seed plants. What...Ch. 22 - 1. Prior to the development of synthetic drugs,...Ch. 22 - 2. Only a few hundred of the more than 200,000...
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- In a majority of flowering plants, outof the four megaspores, what is the ratio of functional and degeneratemegaspores?A. 2:2 B. 1:3C. 3:1 D. 4:0arrow_forwardAlternation of generations describes which of the following? a. The haploid form can be multicellular; the diploid form is unicellular. b. The haploid form is unicellular; the diploid form can be multicellular. c. Both the haploid and diploid forms can be multicellular. d. Neither the haploid nor the diploid forms can be multicellular.arrow_forwardWhat is the difference between the haploid and diploid number?arrow_forward
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